Colorado State had been one of the quietest football programs in the country on the recruiting trail this year, with no commitments through most of the summer, leading up to the football season. Well, that has changed.

The Rams landed their first player and a good one in defensive end Deonte Wortham from Wilmer-Hutchins High in Dallas. He recorded 70 tackles and 13 sacks last season and chose the Rams over offers from Arizona State, Houston, Memphis and Tulsa.

Terry Frei graduated from Wheat Ridge High School in the Denver area and has degrees in history and journalism from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He worked for the Rocky Mountain News while attending CU and joined the Post staff after graduation. He has also worked at the Oregonian in Portland, Ore., and The Sporting News. His seventh book, March 1939: Before the Madness, was issued in February 2014.